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PERSECUTIONn.

Websters Unabridged Dictionary (1913) • 1913

The act or practice of persecuting; especially, the infliction of loss, pain, or death for adherence to a particular creed or mode of worship. Persecution produces no sincere conviction. Paley. The state or condition of being persecuted. Locke. A carrying on; prosecution. [Obs.]

persecutionnoun

Wiktionary (English) • 2026

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The act of persecuting, especially a specific group of people; an instance of persecution.

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